Worked with the board of a 5,000 employee, $1bn turnover business
Eddie had a modest working class but stable start in life – being the youngest of three siblings and sharing a bedroom with older brother.
At just 18 years old, Eddie joined Humberside Police as a police officer – being the youngest trainee to join the force in 2004. Four years on the front lines, countless arrests, and more dead bodies than anyone should see, including holding someone in his arms after they’d been stabbed in the neck.
Heavy stuff.
Then one day, one of his inspectors tapped him on the shoulder and said, “Eddie, you look like a smackhead. Fancy going undercover as one?”. After his training as a Covert Human Intelligence Source, Eddie went undercover (mostly buying drugs) before moving to CID, where he investigated a range of serious crimes, latterly more involved in fraud and complex crime cases.
Following the successful acquisition, of which Eddie was the sole founder still owning 100% of his shares, Eddie took on the role of Director within Proofpoint. He had a front-row seat at the senior leadership table with the team for the 2 years he worked there, gaining hugely valuable insight and experience in the running of a billion-dollar NASDAQ-listed company.
Not too shabby for a guy who kicked this off on his own, right?
